Brighton Beach Memoirs 1st Post

In the beginning of act 1 of Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon explains the setting of the play. He explains that it is during 1937 which is towards the end of the great depression. The story goes along with the gender roles that took place during that time. The women of the house did all of the household duties such as cleaning, setting the table, and sewing, while the men of the house were either working or looking for job. during this time period it was hard for anyone to make money and in this household there was seven people living there and only two had jobs. I think the examples of their financial problems will be brought up a lot. Just on the first page it explains that his sweater is torn, his baseball glove is worn, and the softball he is using is ready to fall apart, but this is all they could afford. I feel like the main idea of the pay will be the financial instability that this household has, and the struggle they go through with Jack and Stan both losing their jobs at parts of the play.